DOS ain't dead

PDOS-generic (Announce)

posted by tom , Germany (West), 02.11.2021, 18:25

> But if you used say Freedos you could change that
> behavior by changing the Freedos source code?

nope. you won't even find a single line dealing with hardware stuff.

not interrupt vectors, not I/O addresses.

neither in the kernel nor anywhere else.

ANYDOS relies on the BIOS to do these things. entirely.

otoh applications are allowed (or in the case of serial communications required) to make these changes. and have to check if this is compatible with all the other - more or less - interesting stuff running on the machine at the same time, like network adapters, industrial interface cards, etc.

good luck with defining your own rules to be followed by everybody else.

Complete thread:

• PDOS-generic - kerravon, 30.10.2021, 10:02 (Announce)
  • PDOS-generic - kerravon, 31.10.2021, 06:40
    • PDOS-generic - kerravon, 31.10.2021, 09:43
      • PDOS-generic - ecm, 31.10.2021, 22:11
        • PDOS-generic - kerravon, 31.10.2021, 22:29
          • PDOS-generic - ecm, 31.10.2021, 22:32
            • PDOS-generic - kerravon, 31.10.2021, 22:46
              • PDOS-generic - tom, 02.11.2021, 18:25
                • PDOS-generic - kerravon, 02.11.2021, 21:29
                  • PDOS-generic - ecm, 03.11.2021, 08:54
                    • PDOS-generic - kerravon, 03.11.2021, 19:48
      • PDOS-generic - marcov, 02.11.2021, 19:42
        • PDOS-generic - kerravon, 02.11.2021, 22:00
          • PDOS-generic - marcov, 03.11.2021, 16:43
            • PDOS-generic - kerravon, 03.11.2021, 20:06
              • PDOS-generic - marcov, 13.11.2021, 15:49
                • PDOS-generic - kerravon, 14.11.2021, 09:01
            • PDOS-generic - tom, 04.11.2021, 15:28
              • PDOS-generic - marcov, 08.11.2021, 10:21
                • PDOS-generic - tkchia, 08.11.2021, 16:24
                  • PDOS-generic - DosWorld, 08.11.2021, 17:17
                  • PDOS-generic - marcov, 13.11.2021, 16:03
                    • PDOS-generic - tkchia, 13.11.2021, 17:42
                • PDOS-generic - kerravon, 12.11.2021, 01:50
                  • PDOS-generic - kerravon, 12.11.2021, 11:10
                  • PDOS-generic - Ringding, 12.11.2021, 13:39
                    • PDOS-generic - kerravon, 13.11.2021, 02:26
                      • PDOS-generic - Ringding, 13.11.2021, 09:55
                        • PDOS-generic - Ringding, 13.11.2021, 10:51